Steam or hot-water radiator.



W. KANE.

STEAM 0R HOT WATER RADIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1908.

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WILLIAM KANE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STEAM 6R HOT-WATER RADIATOR.

Application filed-September 11, 1908. Serial No. 452,633.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM KANE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented an Immovement in Steam or Hot-Water Radiators, of whichthe following is a specification.

.My invention has reference to steam or hot water radiators and consistsof certain set forth in the following specification an shownintheaccompanying drawings which form apart thereof.

The object of my'invention is two-fold, namely, to provide a simple,cheap and efficient construction of radiator suitable for heatingpurposes by use of steam or hot water, and secondly, to so construct theradiator that it may be readily dismantled into its several parts andaftgr shipment to its destination, ,set up or erected by any mechanic ofordina intelligence. The particular advantage in this latter capacitylies may be shipped by freight as unfinished goods at low cost and theradiator erected by the proper assemblage of its parts at place ofuse.

My invention consists of two hollow heads connected by pipes, andcombined with dethe tubes and located between the heads, said sectionsconsisting of a semi-cylindrical hub having a series of thin parallelplates or ribs radiating from the hu My invention further consists oftwo hollow heads having apertures for supplying heating. fluid thereto,combined with a plurality of connectin tubes havin their ends screwedinto hea s for uniting t em, one end of each of the tubes being providedwith a short screw thread which forms a tight joint with one of theheads and the other end being provided with a long screw thread whichforms an adjustable. joint with the other i head, packing around thelong screw threads, and nuts screwed upon the long threads forcompressing the packing between the head and nuts to make tight joints.

My invention also comprehends details of construction which, togetherwith the features above specified, will be better understood byreference to the drawings, in which:

Figure Lis a front elevation of a radiator embodying my invention; Fig.2 is an end elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is sectional plan View of aportion of the same; and Fig. 4 is a cross section of'one of the tubesand radiator sections taken on line w-w of Fig. 3.

2 are the hollow heads and are formed of cast metal. These heads areprovided on the bottom with feet 3, on the outside with tubular hubs 5at top and bottom and on the inside with a plurality of holes into whichconnecting tubes 4 are screwed. The general thickness of these heads maybe small except where the -hubs come, as indicated in Fig.3. Ordinarily,there are two tubular hubs or ports on the outside of each head and oneof these is closed by a plug 6 where the radiator is to be used alone.-T he steam and hot water may be supplied by these tubular hubs in anyway desired and by shifting the plugs 6, the supply and returnconnections may be reversed or arranged on the same level.

The horizontal tubes 4 are of ordinary steam pipe and have one endformed with a short taper thread which is tightly screwed into the holesin the inner face of one of the heads 2 as shown at the right hand sideof Fig. 1, and their other endsare provided with a long screw thread 16(Fig. 3) which are adjustably screwed into the holes upon the inner faceof the other head 2. The

joints in this latter case are made tight by a textile or other packing14 and a compression nut 15 on the tube and by which the packing iscompressed between the head and nut.

In uniting the heads by the*tubes, the following operation is employed.The tubes 4, with their nuts 15 and acking washers 14 in place, arefirst'screwed into the left hand head 2 a considerable distance; next,the other or right hand head 2 iS Placed in position and the short screwthreaded ends of the tubes are then screwed into the holes in said righthand head, until they make a tight joint and during which operation theyare being. unscrewed from the left hand head; and the nuts 15 are thenscrewed toward the left hand head until they clamp the packing 14tightly in 1place and form tight joints, as indicated in ig. 3. Theframe, so produced, is a. tubular structure havin vertical andhorizontal tubular parts an may be used in this, condition as aradiator. It has the disadvantage however of having too smooth an outersurface in contact with the warping or twisting, an

air and to overcome this, I provide removable cast metal radiatingsections 8 which are clamped in position about the horizontal tubes 4.These radiating sections 8 consist of a long semi-cylindrical hub part 9which is grooved to snugly fit the outer surface of the tubes 4 and saidhub part is provided with a series of parallel radial plates or ribs 10.Two of such sections 8 may be clamped about the tube .4 to inclose'itand provide it with radiating surfaces so necessary in steam or hotwater radiators. The parts are so shaped that the plates 10 of twosections clamped upon one pipe form, as it were, a series of surroundingthin parallel radiating ribs thereby providing the greatest radiatingsurface possible. These sections 8 may be clamped together, by bolts 13,passing through per orated flanges or webs 12 between the radial plates10 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. By making these sections 8 as separatecast ngs, I am enabled to secure radiating plates or ribs 10 of greatarea and no machine work or expensive fitting is necessary in combiningthem with the tubes 4. ()n the two upper tubes 4, in Fig. 1, I haveshown the sections 8 as of a length to fit between the heads 2, but onthe lower tube '1 have shown the use of four sections each being inlength approximately half the distance between the heads. By employing alarge number of plates or ribs 10 and making them of considerable area Iam enabled to cast the sections 8 of reat length without 5 may thuscover the tubes 4 with the fewest number of parts possible.

To increase the heating eifect and also to improve the appearance of theradiator as a whole, I provi e'the heads 2 with ribs 7 upon oppositesides and at extreme top to correspond in shape and osition with theplates or ribs 10 of the ra iating sections 8. I have shown a mostinexpensive manner of attaching the sections 8 upon the tubes,

- but it is to be understood that they may be secured in position in anyother convenient manner, if so desired. The two sections 8,

when placed about the tube 4, preferably do not quite meet, so that theclamping screws 13 may be made to draw the parts together and tightly incontact with the smooth outer surface of the tubes 4 and thus avoid.loss of radiation due to poor conducting contact between the parts 4 and9.

It will now be evident that by removing the bolts 13 and loosening thenuts 15, the several parts of the radiator may be separated forshipment. Any mechanic of ordinary intelligence may assemble the partsto erect the radiator. The radiator here shown may be used as a unit ormay be connected with similar radiators in the manner of the well knownwall radiators, as the four tubular outlets 5 give provision for suchuse where desired.

I have shown my invention in the form in which I have found it mostexcellently adapted for commercial-useand while I prefer theconstruction shown, the details thereof may be modified withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a radiator,'the combination of the two tubular heads having aseries of laterally projecting ribs 7, with connecting tubes screwedinto the heads adjacent'to the ribs thereof, and detachableradiatingsections clamped upon the tubes and each consisting of hub portionfitting the tubes and pro vided with a plurality of integral radialparallel plates 10 corresponding to and in alinement with the ribs 7 onthe heads.

2. A tubular head for a radiator consisting of the closed verticaltubular body 2 having feet 3 at one end, an aperture upon one face forsupply of steam or hot water, a plurality of apertures on the otherface, and lateral projecting ribs 7 extending from the sides of the bodyadjacent to the plurality of apertures. 4

3. Aradiating section for a radiator consisting of a long grooved body 9having a large number of parallel radial plates 10 cast integrally withthe grooved body and extending therefrom on the side opposite to thegroove and having a'plurality of clamping flanges 12 each interposedbetween and integral with two radial plates and adjacent to the groovedbody part so that they are shielded by the plates and the latter extendbeyond the flanges.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand.

' WILLIAM KANE. Witnesses:

R; M. HUNTER, R. M. IIELLXZ

